5 Signs Your Phone System is Ready for the Cloud

Not that long ago, people were only just beginning to hear the term “The Cloud”. Now, it has become a ubiquitous part of even the layperson’s vocabulary. As people of all industries, ages and technology comfort levels have come to put their personal music, photographs, email and files in various clouds, they have come to understand the benefits that cloud technology provides.

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In business, those benefits are even more advantageous. One area where organizations have been quick to adopt the cloud is in communications, most notably with hosted VoIP. More and more companies are moving their phone systems to the cloud as their cumbersome premise-based PBXs reach end-of-life. In fact, according to a forecast report by Infonetics Research, the number of seats for hosted business VoIP and uni ed communications services is on track to more than double between 2012 and 2016.

If you are one of those companies that has a legacy PBX that is nearing end-of-life, and you are considering moving your telephony to the cloud, here are five questions to ask yourself, to help you firmly decide:

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We have been Evolve DaaS clients for just about 2 years. What execs really need to know is how much productivity DaaS brings to an organization. We have estimated that each employee saves 10 minutes a day in startup and shutdown time. Probably another 5 minutes a day in work from home productivity - i.e. more likely to log in from their home PC than if they had to carry a laptop home every night and no clunky VPN or Citrix session to dissuade them from getting on.

So, 15 minutes a day, that is 3% of their day back. 3% of an $80,000 a year employee is $2,500.

DaaS has a 300% return, with no capital at risk. That is what I would tell your execs. Feel free to ask questions.

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